Walkley authors

With entries up 36 per cent on last year, the longlist for the Walkley Non-Fiction Book Award has been announced.

The winner, to be named at the Walkley Awards ceremony on November 29, will have the bonus of attending the Nieman Narrative Conference at Harvard University in March, thanks to sponsorship by the Copyright Agency Limited.

The contenders are: Les Carlyon for The Great War, Paul Cleary for Shakedown, Clive Hamilton for Scorcher, Tanya Levin for People in Glass Houses, Caroline Overington for Kickback, Chris Masters for Jonestown, Kirsty Needham for Season in Red, Leigh Sales for Detainee 002, Sally Sara for Gogo Mama and Hedley Thomas for Sick to Death.